“The Trump Justice Department Has Been Reduced to Lying About a Golf Course Renovation; A fitting end to the first two years of Trump’s second term in office”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Trump’s North Dakota judicial nominee is unqualified and extreme. That’s why he was nominated. Phil Axt graduated from law school in 2018 and has been working to restrict fundamental rights.” Patrick McNeil has this post at his “Nomination Notes” Substack site.

“Two cheers for ‘insecure originalism’”: Richard Re has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Bringing Charges Against the President’s Political Enemies”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“DOJ Faults Judge Who Bashed Trump’s IRS Lawsuit, Settlement”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access the brief that the U.S. Department of Justice filed yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Seventh Circuit hears challenge to Illinois firearm suppressor ban; Illinois gun advocates maintained that regulating firearm suppressors runs afoul to their right to bear arms”: Caitlyn Rosen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has posted the audio of yesterday’s oral argument on YouTube.

“Amy Coney Barrett’s Sex Equality Constitution: The View from United States v. Skrmetti.” Law professor Marc Spindelman has posted this paper online at SSRN.

“Thinking Clearly About January 6; Crooks, suckers, and real revolutionaries”: Hamilton Nolan has this post at his “How Things Work” Substack site.

“Midterm Elections and Judicial Confirmations; What four Senate flips since 1986 show about what’s at stake in 2026”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Bonus 259: City of Baltimore v. Texas; Federal courts aren’t supposed to rubber-stamp suits between parties (especially government parties) who aren’t actually adverse; On Tuesday, the justices let one stand without a word.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.